In an article entitled, “Sheriff’s department to get polygraph equipment,” Alicia Henrikson of the Topeka Capital-Journal writes:
County commissioners approved the purchase of a polygraph instrument and polygraph training for a sheriff’s deputy on Thursday in a 3-0 vote at the county commission meeting. The cost for the instrument, training and a laptop computer is $17,900.
Undersheriff Dan Breci said that the main reason why the sheriff’s office wanted a polygraph is because the office wants to use it in its hiring process.
“We want to make sure we are hiring the best,” Breci said.